2012 | The Beverly Hills Hotel

Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

General manager Edward Mady, left, and Beverly Hills Hotel historian Robert S. Anderson, the great-grandson of the hotel's original owner, Margaret Anderson, is releasing a book titled "The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows: The First 100 Years."

General manager Edward Mady, left, and Beverly Hills Hotel historian Robert S. Anderson, the great-grandson of the hotel's original owner, Margaret Anderson, is releasing a book titled "The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows: The First 100 Years." (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

General manager Edward Mady, left, and Beverly Hills Hotel historian Robert S. Anderson, the great-grandson of the hotel's original owner, Margaret Anderson, is releasing a book titled "The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows: The First 100 Years."